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SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S character, SHERLOCK HOLMES, is fascinating to me and to many people judging from its lasting popularity. The stories (60 published between 1887 and 1927) are entertaining, and the movies with BASIL RATHBONE (left) and NIGEL BRUCE as DR.WATSON (right) are the kind of films you can just lie back and enjoy. 221B BAKER STREET is always a great place to visit. | |
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| COMMON MISPERCEPTIONS: "Elementary, my dear Watson," did not appear in any of the original stories. It was dialogue added in one of the movies. Holmes deerstalker hat is not mentioned in any of the stories. It's another film thing. Same thing with the calabash pipe. |
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| Great thing to watch on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Great thing to read any time. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Below is a joke (not mine) that was voted best joke ever in some poll (I don't recall) in 2002. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went camping. After a heavy meal and a bottle of wine, they lay down for the night and went to sleep. Several hours later, Holmes nudged his faithful friend. "Watson, look up and tell me what you see," he said. Watson replied, "I see millions and millions of stars." "What does that tell you?" Holmes asked. Watson pondered a moment. "Astronomically, it tells me there are millions and millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?" "Watson, you idiot," Holmes said, "someone has stolen our tent!" | ||||||||||||||||||
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| POSTSCRIPT "The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable." OSCAR WILDE |
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